CHATTAROY, WA. -- Firefighters put out a fire at a mobile home on Dennison-Chattaroy Road in Chattaroy Thursday morning.
The fire broke out around 9:30 a.m. Chattaroy-Dennison Road was closed in both directions while firefighters investigated.
The Red Cross says they are helping two adults, a husband and wife who lived in the mobile home. The wife was in the home when the fire started and was taken to a hospital for observation. The house is a total loss. Red Cross volunteers are working with the couple to provide temporary housing and assistance.
The home had a large stash of ammunition inside it. The owner said he had about 700 rounds stored. When the fire started, several of those rounds ignited, and exploded outside the house.
A passerby who was getting a closer look at the fire was grazed by one of those bullets. It gently hit her, leaving no mark. She said she kept the bullet.
Fire investigators still do not know what caused the fire.
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